rabat
/ɹəˈbæt/noun, verb
rabat is a noun meaning “A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-B-A-T, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Rabat, the name). The plural of rabat is rabats.
What does rabat mean?
noun
- 1
A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
- 2
A piece of fabric fitted to the collar covering the shirt-front worn by Catholic and Anglican clergy.
- 3
The clerical linen collar itself.
verb
- 1
To rotate a plane of projection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rabat?
- /ɹəˈbæt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rabat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rabat
- rabats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rabatting participle, present
- rabatted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rabat?
Rabat appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Rabat, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rabat come from?
Borrowed from French rabat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).